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Series 4 Episode 1
"Don't Be Snappy"
Sam Johnson was spending the morning on his speedboat on the river. He was fishing, so the boat was stationary. He suddenly felt a shake. He thought nothing of it despite not being able to explain it. Before you could say “Get out of the river you fool”, a massive crocodile jumped out and snapped straight through the boat, exactly where Sam was sitting.
Connor Temple and Mia Turner (as she liked to be called for business reasons, as she said) were laughing their heads off. Connor was telling some strange story about his friend. Abby was smiling at how happy they were, but was also slightly annoyed, as she thought that she should be sitting there laughing. She tried to forget it. She had gotten to know Mia recently and thought that she wasn’t all that bad.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
Connor, Mia and Abby looked up before running to the Detector. It was in the nearby river.
“Let’s go!”, said an unusually cheery Danny.
“Why are you so cheery?”, Lloyd asked Danny. Danny shrugged his shoulders and laughed with Lloyd.
The team arrived at the river. Captain Mitchell, who was already there, briefed them on the situation.
“We’re going to have to search the river. I don’t know what we’re dealing with, but we need to find out to prevent any more deaths. Jenny, Claudia and Harry, you go and cordon off the area with Mitchell. Mia, Abby and Connor, keep an eye out here at shore. I’ll take Danny, Sarah and Lloyd out to look on the lake”, Cutter sorted out positions for everyone. Everyone went to do their jobs.
“Cutter picked a strange choice to go with him, didn’t he?”, Connor moaned to the girls.
“Sarah and Lloyd barely ever get in on the action I suppose”, Abby told him.
“It doesn’t matter. I hate water now. After that incident with you driving into the canal. That was just freaky!”
“Let’s leave it there”, Abby didn’t want to be reminded about that.
“Agreed”, Mia didn’t either.
“Hang on, how do you shower?”, Abby said after a minute of thought. That stumped Connor. They all laughed.
“Sorry, this area is closed right now”, Jenny was telling someone from the press. Loads of people with notebooks, pens and cameras were crowding the area, and it was the job of Jenny, Claudia and Harry to basically get rid of them whilst Mitchell and his soldiers tried to hold them back.
“What happened earlier on?”, another journalist asked.
“They never give up, do they?”, Harry mentioned to Claudia.
A soldier walked up to Jenny and gave her a megaphone.
“Right everyone, please be quiet and listen up”, Jenny spoke through the megaphone. No-one listened and carried on pushing and taking photos. Harry went and took the megaphone.
“SHUT UP!”, Harry shouted. The reporters stopped what they were doing. She handed it back to Jenny.
“Right. This is serious. Our team have gone to look for some sort of creature in the woodland over there. That’s where you’ll find your story. But go in at your own risk”, Jenny lied. They all ran over there.
“That was easier than I thought”, Jenny breathed a sigh of relief. Claudia and Harry just laughed.
“It’s no use, we’ve been here for an hour now. And we’ve found 10 x 0”, Danny was complaining.
“That’s zero”, Lloyd replied.
“Well done Sherlock”, Danny laughed.
“Be quiet, I’m still looking. Wait, what’s that over there? A light!”, said Cutter.
“It’s the anomaly”, stated Sarah, “I’ve not seen an underwater one before. It looks…well…I don’t know”.
“Guys, I think you should look”, Lloyd sounded worried. He had every right to be, as a massive crocodile was approaching the boat.
“Not now Lloyd”, Cutter was busy looking in the wrong direction for the creature that was approaching the boat from behind.
“No, really”, Lloyd continued.
“What is it?”, Sarah asked him.
“MOSASAUR!!!!!”, Lloyd shouted as the Mosasaur jumped out of the river, but Danny moved the boat just in time.
“We need to get it back through the anomaly!”, Sarah shouted.
“How?!”, Lloyd wasn’t sure how to get it back through.
“We need it to follow us. We’ll swim through”, Sarah decided. Cutter liked the idea. He dived in with Sarah and Lloyd. They were already prepared for this with their outfits. Danny watched the boat, deciding to move slowly to the side whilst the Mosasaur got distracted by the others, so to stop it coming back for him. As soon as they entered the water, the Mosasaur’s attention switched to them. They swam as fast as they could to the anomaly, and through it. Cutter swam at the back, as he’d rather he was killed than Sarah or Lloyd, who were both still fairly young (mainly Lloyd who was only 18 years old). Sarah directed them round the other side of the anomaly. The Mosasaur swam right through and didn’t even notice them. But Lloyd felt a tap on his back. He turned round and a goose-like creature was there. It started snapping, The Mosasaur heard and turned around, starting to swim towards the trio. The goose-like creature, which Cutter knew was a Hesperonis, was scared off, but managed to cut the lead that led from Lloyd’s oxygen tank to his mask. Lloyd no longer had access to that oxygen tank. Cutter and Sarah didn’t notice, and escaped through the anomaly. They went up to the surface where Danny met them.
“Where’s Lloyd?”, he asked. Cutter and Sarah looked expressionless at him.
“What on earth are they doing?”, Mia wondered as Jenny, Claudia and Harry joined them.
“Beats me”, Connor replied. His attention turned to the addition of the three girls, “I thought you were getting rid of the press?”.
“We were. We managed to shoo them off for a bit”, Claudia told them. Jenny laughed, remembering her genius moment earlier on in the day.
Back at the boat, Cutter decided to go back down through the anomaly for Lloyd whilst Sarah stayed with Danny. Cutter instantly spotted him; he was still struggling, only just conscious. Then suddenly he started falling. Cutter noticed the anomaly starting to close, then darted straight at him, but the Mosasaur was also approaching its food. A mysterious diver unexpectedly swam down and boosted Lloyd up. Cutter didn’t see their face, but knew it was a woman. Cutter swooped down and picked up Lloyd from the diver’s arms, then swam back through the anomaly just as it snapped shut. Sarah jumped back in and helped Cutter and Lloyd back onto the boat. Danny quickly moved the boat to shore, where Connor helped Lloyd out. Sarah gave him CPR on the harbour. Lloyd was still unconscious. You could cut the atmosphere amongst the team with a knife. Lloyd had no pulse. Sarah was about to stop the CPR, but suddenly, Lloyd spluttered out some water from his mouth, coughing. He opened his eyes. The whole team breathed a sigh of relief.
They all went back to the ARC, and, as usual, they were greeted by Lester.
“I’ve had complains from several news companies about being misled into thinking there was a creature in the woodland near the river”, moaned Lester. Everyone looked at Jenny, who in turn looked at the ground.
“Still, at least none of them saw the creature”, Lester continued.
Later that evening, Cutter remembered the mysterious diver. Despite not seeing her face, he knew exactly who it was. Helen. But she saved Lloyd, which was very unlike her. Cutter was confused by the whole situation.
Connor Temple and Mia Turner (as she liked to be called for business reasons, as she said) were laughing their heads off. Connor was telling some strange story about his friend. Abby was smiling at how happy they were, but was also slightly annoyed, as she thought that she should be sitting there laughing. She tried to forget it. She had gotten to know Mia recently and thought that she wasn’t all that bad.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
Connor, Mia and Abby looked up before running to the Detector. It was in the nearby river.
“Let’s go!”, said an unusually cheery Danny.
“Why are you so cheery?”, Lloyd asked Danny. Danny shrugged his shoulders and laughed with Lloyd.
The team arrived at the river. Captain Mitchell, who was already there, briefed them on the situation.
“We’re going to have to search the river. I don’t know what we’re dealing with, but we need to find out to prevent any more deaths. Jenny, Claudia and Harry, you go and cordon off the area with Mitchell. Mia, Abby and Connor, keep an eye out here at shore. I’ll take Danny, Sarah and Lloyd out to look on the lake”, Cutter sorted out positions for everyone. Everyone went to do their jobs.
“Cutter picked a strange choice to go with him, didn’t he?”, Connor moaned to the girls.
“Sarah and Lloyd barely ever get in on the action I suppose”, Abby told him.
“It doesn’t matter. I hate water now. After that incident with you driving into the canal. That was just freaky!”
“Let’s leave it there”, Abby didn’t want to be reminded about that.
“Agreed”, Mia didn’t either.
“Hang on, how do you shower?”, Abby said after a minute of thought. That stumped Connor. They all laughed.
“Sorry, this area is closed right now”, Jenny was telling someone from the press. Loads of people with notebooks, pens and cameras were crowding the area, and it was the job of Jenny, Claudia and Harry to basically get rid of them whilst Mitchell and his soldiers tried to hold them back.
“What happened earlier on?”, another journalist asked.
“They never give up, do they?”, Harry mentioned to Claudia.
A soldier walked up to Jenny and gave her a megaphone.
“Right everyone, please be quiet and listen up”, Jenny spoke through the megaphone. No-one listened and carried on pushing and taking photos. Harry went and took the megaphone.
“SHUT UP!”, Harry shouted. The reporters stopped what they were doing. She handed it back to Jenny.
“Right. This is serious. Our team have gone to look for some sort of creature in the woodland over there. That’s where you’ll find your story. But go in at your own risk”, Jenny lied. They all ran over there.
“That was easier than I thought”, Jenny breathed a sigh of relief. Claudia and Harry just laughed.
“It’s no use, we’ve been here for an hour now. And we’ve found 10 x 0”, Danny was complaining.
“That’s zero”, Lloyd replied.
“Well done Sherlock”, Danny laughed.
“Be quiet, I’m still looking. Wait, what’s that over there? A light!”, said Cutter.
“It’s the anomaly”, stated Sarah, “I’ve not seen an underwater one before. It looks…well…I don’t know”.
“Guys, I think you should look”, Lloyd sounded worried. He had every right to be, as a massive crocodile was approaching the boat.
“Not now Lloyd”, Cutter was busy looking in the wrong direction for the creature that was approaching the boat from behind.
“No, really”, Lloyd continued.
“What is it?”, Sarah asked him.
“MOSASAUR!!!!!”, Lloyd shouted as the Mosasaur jumped out of the river, but Danny moved the boat just in time.
“We need to get it back through the anomaly!”, Sarah shouted.
“How?!”, Lloyd wasn’t sure how to get it back through.
“We need it to follow us. We’ll swim through”, Sarah decided. Cutter liked the idea. He dived in with Sarah and Lloyd. They were already prepared for this with their outfits. Danny watched the boat, deciding to move slowly to the side whilst the Mosasaur got distracted by the others, so to stop it coming back for him. As soon as they entered the water, the Mosasaur’s attention switched to them. They swam as fast as they could to the anomaly, and through it. Cutter swam at the back, as he’d rather he was killed than Sarah or Lloyd, who were both still fairly young (mainly Lloyd who was only 18 years old). Sarah directed them round the other side of the anomaly. The Mosasaur swam right through and didn’t even notice them. But Lloyd felt a tap on his back. He turned round and a goose-like creature was there. It started snapping, The Mosasaur heard and turned around, starting to swim towards the trio. The goose-like creature, which Cutter knew was a Hesperonis, was scared off, but managed to cut the lead that led from Lloyd’s oxygen tank to his mask. Lloyd no longer had access to that oxygen tank. Cutter and Sarah didn’t notice, and escaped through the anomaly. They went up to the surface where Danny met them.
“Where’s Lloyd?”, he asked. Cutter and Sarah looked expressionless at him.
“What on earth are they doing?”, Mia wondered as Jenny, Claudia and Harry joined them.
“Beats me”, Connor replied. His attention turned to the addition of the three girls, “I thought you were getting rid of the press?”.
“We were. We managed to shoo them off for a bit”, Claudia told them. Jenny laughed, remembering her genius moment earlier on in the day.
Back at the boat, Cutter decided to go back down through the anomaly for Lloyd whilst Sarah stayed with Danny. Cutter instantly spotted him; he was still struggling, only just conscious. Then suddenly he started falling. Cutter noticed the anomaly starting to close, then darted straight at him, but the Mosasaur was also approaching its food. A mysterious diver unexpectedly swam down and boosted Lloyd up. Cutter didn’t see their face, but knew it was a woman. Cutter swooped down and picked up Lloyd from the diver’s arms, then swam back through the anomaly just as it snapped shut. Sarah jumped back in and helped Cutter and Lloyd back onto the boat. Danny quickly moved the boat to shore, where Connor helped Lloyd out. Sarah gave him CPR on the harbour. Lloyd was still unconscious. You could cut the atmosphere amongst the team with a knife. Lloyd had no pulse. Sarah was about to stop the CPR, but suddenly, Lloyd spluttered out some water from his mouth, coughing. He opened his eyes. The whole team breathed a sigh of relief.
They all went back to the ARC, and, as usual, they were greeted by Lester.
“I’ve had complains from several news companies about being misled into thinking there was a creature in the woodland near the river”, moaned Lester. Everyone looked at Jenny, who in turn looked at the ground.
“Still, at least none of them saw the creature”, Lester continued.
Later that evening, Cutter remembered the mysterious diver. Despite not seeing her face, he knew exactly who it was. Helen. But she saved Lloyd, which was very unlike her. Cutter was confused by the whole situation.
Next: "Changing"
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